clippers. espn and tmz sports are both reporting that as of today, donald sterling is no longer the kcon trolling owner of the clippers and he has surrendered complete control of the team to his estranged wife, shelly sterling. and according to the tmz sports that decision coming a after a number of secret meetings with shelly sterling and adam silver who has announced that the league will force a tesale of t team after the owner made national tie the raids -- national tirades. joining us is the team legal analyst and walk us through this and what this is going to be. >> well, this -- good morning and thanks for having me. what this means on the face is that there is going to be an

enormous savings to the nba of time and money and effort. it is first, you have to understand that the difference between the controlling and noncontrolling ownership. donald sterling has been the controlling ownership, and with that is the status of the trans transactions of the sale of the team as well. for someone to be the controlling owner and shelly to step in for donald's status of the controlling owner, it has to be done with the nba's permission. if this is true, what it tells me is that this is a deal that has been in the works for some time. and it will signal the imminent sale of the team. the only reason to make this move is not so shelly can actually assume a true controlling owner's role. that is something that the nba has made clear they would not

stand for. and they have been public in the des desire to oust shelly, but if they are allow herg to -- allow ing her to take over the controlling ownership, it is to guarantee that the clippers are sold. >> and donald sterling is considering riding this thing out, and he is not going to go through this, and any idea what happened to that? >> well sh, i think that it has become, and it just became clear that the evidence against sterling was overwhelming. this was the guy engaged in tactics that can only be described as trying to put out a fire with gasoline. everything from the interview that he gave to anderson cooper where he made more statements that were disparaging against magic johnson, and other remark s that weren't just racist or

demonstrated idiocy, but would have given the nba additional leverage to go after him and force what they are doing against him voluntarily. there was also other evidence that he was engaged in the active cover-up to try to destroy the evidence, and making misleading statements, and he was just engaged in one bit of misconduct after another, and i think that it became crystal clear that this is the only path that was going to allow not just an exit, but the most quick exit. >> and in an interview broadcast said that the focus into the alleged treatments and deaths of the v.a. health system should be to fix the problem and not the fire v.a. secretary eric shinseki. >> well, there has to be

accountability right up and down the line. >> shinseki is now, himself, sent out this letter to the veterans saying in part, that you and your families deserve to have full faith in the v.a. and we intend to earn it everyday. if any allegations under review are substantiated, we will act, and the v.a. is redoubling the efforts with integrity and compassion to earn your truth. meanwhile, the president obama's troubleshooting of rob nabors visited the v.a. where the scandal erupted and that is one of the 26 facilities being visited nationwide with the statement that bonuses were issued with performances. >> they were awarded performance

bonuses for lowered wait time. >> and now, when it comes to the obama v.a. scandal, alison grimes joined john barrow and dave scott to call for shinseki to resign, but john boehner says that it is much bigger than one m man. >> this is not about the secretary, but about the entire system underneath him, and the general can leave and we can work around for months to go through the nomination process, and we will get a new person, but the disaster continues. >> seep your military responsibility from the "huffington post" david huff joins me. do you buy that? do you buy that the scandal would continue even if shen eck sek ki is out? >> well, i don't agree with

speaker boehner much, but this is one i do, because i think that they are hoping to get the good health care people at the v.a. i was talking to a v.a. psychiatric nurse last night and she is saying that her father who served in world war ii korea veteran tried to get in and experienced the same problems and gave up and said, i am going to go off on my own private insurance in the 1970s, and so 245 the problems are not new, and they are going to take a long time to fix. >> and the florida republican congressmanb jeff miller heads the house veterans affairs committee, and he said today that what has come out so far, quote, just the tip of the iceberg. what are you hearing about that? >> well, i think that he is exactly right. i think that i have been talking to a lot of the v.a. people over the last few weeks actually, and here is the problem, the people who schedule veterans to get in to get health care are realtively low paid clerical

people, and so if you have a scheduler and a guy who says, i want to see a doc, and he says, well, he is scheduled up for the next three months and so i will put him on the waiting list over here, and when we get into the 14-day window that is a v.a. requirement, i will put him on the official list, but the problem is that the scheduler can't say, sir, you know what, general shinseki, we can't do this, because we don't have enough docs or people, because the culture of the fear inside of the v.a. is such that people don't dare complain. so you have jgeneral shinseki saying that we need accountability and rules, and the rule is 14 days that you get to see the doc, and the people at the bottom saying, well, we can't do that, and you know, we

don't want to say anything, because there is no, you know, there is no protection if we complain. >> david, thank you. appreciate it. have a good kweekend and frank comments today from russian president vladimir putin ahead of the national elections in ukraine. and this morning, putin answered questions from the foreign journalists at an investment forum in petersburg, rush sharks and among them was geoff cutmore. >> as you know president obama has beening ak kuzing you -- has been accusing you of separatist groups -- >> who is he to judge, who is he to judge? quite honestly, why doesn't he get a job in court somewhere. i don't think that he accused me. it is his point of view. i have my point of view. >> and putin went on to say what

happened in ukraine a constitutional coup d'etat, and he said that they will support the presidential vote sunday, and now we are joined by annabelle from london, and what else struck you by president putin at that forum in st. petersburg? >> well, those comments in particular that you were playing were interesting, because he said, i have my point of view, and he has his point of view, and the body language is animated, who is he to judge? why doesn't he get a job in a court somewhere? but apart from the comments basically the tone struck me as being conciliatory and admitting that the military imposed sanctions were hurt hing and yes, we will accept the ukraine presidential elections, and that is the first time that he said that they will recognize the outcome of the election and work with them. he said that russia wants to see peace and stability to return and adds that he hopes that

ukraine will halt the military operations against the activists in the country, there is a lot of violence disrupting the polls, and two people killed at least today as a result of the clashes and violence yesterday, craig. >> and anabell, you mention ed the vote sunday, and what can you tell about the preparations ahead of the vote? there is concern can expressed statewide that the turnout is going to be considerably lower than what was initially expected? >> well, of course, there is concerns about the security in polling situations in the east of the country, but the government in kiev is saying that they are hoping to keep it under control, and that possibly about 20% of the polling stations in the east might be affected, but overall, they are hoping for a good turnout, and a very safe vote, craig. >> anabelle roberts for us, and we are following developing coup in thailand.

they have now detained the prior prime minister, and they are headed into the meetings or face arrest. and officials in this country are condemning the coup and asking for restoration of the current government, and the ambassador in thailand says that i h are be reviewing the cooperation with bang -- bangkok, but they are saying that it has led to more than two dozen deaths and 700 injuries minimally. >> and now in ben gau zishgs both sides are busy figuring out the next step of the select committee. the two sides have not met together yet, but the democrats did get together themselves briefly yesterday. one of the democrats is congresswoman linda sanchez of california joining me live. and first of all, what came out of the meeting? >> well, it was a brief meeting

and just to kind of huddle, and to for our leader representative cummings to explain that he is going to be meeting with tray goudy the cha-- trey gowdy, the chairman of the select committee and to sit down to talk about the next steps. >> four reports so far on benghazi from the house alone. what more do we hope to learn from this committee? >> well, that is the question. and that question needs to be posed to mr. gouwdy, because insisting on the committee, we need to know the scope of it. >> why join the committee before that question has been answered? >> well, because, to give them carte blanche and say that we won't sit at the table is to allow them to run roughshod into whatever conspiracy theories, you know, they can contemplate. it is clear that they are using

the select committee for the political purposes and they have been fund-raising off of it. the question that mr. gowdy has to answer, what is the select committee looking for and what evidence or facts does he think that exists that have not been brought the light in the eight reports that have bp prepared and the numerous investigations that have already taken place. >> and congresswoman, and here is the thing, a lot of folks who have been very critical of the decision for you guys to even join this thing. how real is the concern that nothing comes out of this except for more of the same hoopla and the prop gaganda that we have sn so far, and instead of it being a republican witch hunt, it is now a bipartisan witch hunt or the bipartisan circus, and how real is that concern? >> well, the concern more clearly expressed is that in having unequal number of people

h on the comm on the committee, they will have the votes to do whatever they want, but by having the democrats in the room, we can check them at every turn with every decision that they make. we can you know check them when they are playing loose and fast with the truth, and stand up for the process and point out where it is not being transparent, and where it is not being fair. and if we are totally absent from that room, they can message all that they want. it was suggested that we should boycott and stand outside at the microphone saying it is a kangaroo court, but it old after a few days and nobody is going to want to cover you saying the same thing over and over again, and so it is critical for us to be in that room. >> and what are the families saying to that leadership about this? >> well, you know, it is heartbreaking, but the families don't want to see this used for political purposes, and we ought to respect their with wishes. and the best to do for those

families to honor those who gave their lives in the service of the country is to be tenacious to getting at the truth and not allowing the misinformation and the half truths pedalled about this event to continue to be put out there as the truth. >> congresswoman linda sanchez from california, thank you. >> thank you so much, craig. and right now, chicago cops are under investigation for this shocking video. that video is part of the federal lawsuit to accuse the officers of making racially-fueled comments and physically abusing a handcuffed woman. the police department calls the alleged conduct irreprehensible, and i will talk to the woman's lawyer next. and president obama is expected to announce a shake-up naming popular mayor julian castro to the new post.

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and she started screaming, because she thought that she was being robbed. the officers struck her in the head while she was on the knes s and handcuffed and then one of the officers is heard making racially charged threats. >> the police tell us that the alleged conduct and comments are irreprehensible, and intolerable in the police department. and we have a code of conduct to be provided by all of the officers, and if these allegations are substantiated, appropriate action will be taken. and now, the suit makes some serious claims here, who is the woman's attorney, and you are claiming that the officer held his hands over her nose and mouth and making it difficult for her to breathe, and did tsh

give them any reason for that behavior? >> well, no. and for jessica and the last suit, she has the video. if she did not have the video, it is her word against the police, and most people know how that goes. >> and she is from china. and she has been a u.s. citizen, as i understand it since 2011, and you say that she's somewhat rare in that she is willing to stand up for her rights in this case. have you found that it is a big problem in the immigrant community there in chicago? >> yes, well. craig, i don't think that, you know, the police don't abuse people like me. the police termed bad apple police officers, because they are not all bad for the most part, the police themselves are embarrassed by this video, and ashamed of the officers, but, you know, for the most part the bad apple police officers don't abuse people like me, and the people who have the power to do something about it, but they abuse the people who are black or brown or an immigrant or have

criminal convictions and unable to stand up for their rights or nobody will believe at least that is what the police think. so when you have a video like this, technology is actually changing people's perceptions of the police, and people like me are able to see what the police do to some groups of people as they did to jessica cli s. >> what was your client saying as all of this was going down? what was she saying to the officers? >> on the video, you can hear her saying stop hitting. i did not do anything wrong. why are you doing this? repeatedly. >> and what are you seeking in terms of the relief? >> we have just filed this l lawsuit, and so at this time, it is unspecified amount of damages. she ended up with bruises all

over her body and she is a woman who has not been arrested before and she is an american citizen and has been married to an american man since 2005, and so, you know, this is a completely new exe perience to her. she had no idea what was happening or why. so it was pretty traumatic. >> and keep us posted on the story, torrey. >> i will. thank you, craig, for having me. >> and up next the newly uncovered documents from the 1950s and '60s outlining the government's obsessive efforts to not only find gay workers, but to fire them. we will talk to one of the lawyers who unearthed the mem low mows about the fbi's -- the memos of the fbi's so-called sex deviant program. >> and give me a hug. >> can we have a picture. >> this is like one of the best days of my life. >> best day of your life? >> president obama surprising folk

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evaluating cases of moment is ex wall ti, we automatically find the individual not suitable for federal government unless there is evince of rehabilitation. the memo goes on the say that the tendency to lean over backwards to rule against a moment homosexuality is because of a national bias. and this is coming before lyndon johnson signed discrimination l law. and under j. ed gar hoover, people who were suspected of being gay were termed deviant, and joining me is lisa lindsky who has been working to obtain the documents cited by the "new

york times," and some of the documents are shocking and revolting as well, and tell me how you have been able to uncover these things, and how you have done it? gel, good morning, craig, and thank you for having me. we were excited about "the new york times" article that is showcasing the work, and that is of the mcdermott will and emory, and we have formed a unique partnership to engage in something called archive activi activism, which is an effort to locate and resurrect hos historic documents and animus documents to show dissemination against the lgbt, and that memo that you cited from is called the steel revoel shun memo, and it has offensive language, but it does demonstrate the collective mindset of the federal government at the time it was written. homis ex walls were considered unsuitable for federal

employment. they were considered national security threats, and there were no filters applied to what was written in these documents, and in fact, it was more than what was just written at the documents, but it is the action that was taken by the federal ooh fishls to purge the government of homis ex wall employees. >> how would they go about doing that? >> well, initially, not an investigative authority to look into exactly who the homis ex wall federal employees were, but subsequently in 1953, president eisenhower signed something called the executive order 10450 which authorized the investigation of suspected homis ex wall-- homis ex wall e sexe

homosexual homosexuals. >> and yes. this came in the backdrop of the communist and the scare of the gays, and in that time, it was one in the same. under hoover, he started the sexual deviate program which is instituting moles or spies throughout all of the branchs of the federal government in order to track down almost in a witch hunt style those individuals who were suspected of homosexual conduct, and once the fbi and the civil service did their investigations they brought in these individuals and often finding sparse evidence of homosexual conduct, but sufficient to terminate the employment. >> and it is fascinating of some of the things that the government used to do? >> well, we are not there yet, and until we have the passage of

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beat the tea party in the kentucky primary, but he has a tough race ahead of him against his tough democratic candidate alison grimes. house democrats also announced they are going to be joining the select committee on benghazi. and also, james comey found out that pot is not a laughing matter. >> and senator mcconnell, this race is between you and me, and that is the name that appears on the ballot. >> my opponent is in this race, because barack obama and harry reid want her to be in this race. a vote for my opponent is a vote for obama care. >> if these allegations prove to be true, it is dishonorable, and it is disgraceful, and i will not tolerate it, period. >> the reports that continue to come are appalling. this is awful stuff. and somebody ought to be held accountable for it. >> we don't need to spend money

on another committee, because someone is afraid of hillary clinton's candidacy. just deal with it. >> and i have seen first hand how abusive the republicans have been during this investigation. i believe that we need somebody in that room to simply defend the truth. to defend the truth. i am dead set against using marijuana. i don't want young people to use marijuana. it is against the law, and i did not say that i will change that ban. >> and joining me live now, cnbc news editor mark murray, and let's get to the story out of the scandal surrounding the gop in missouri and learning that three people have been now arrested with those photographing thad cochran's

wife who is in a nursing home. that is in addition to the conservative blogger, and those people are continuing to deny any involvement. what is this meaning for mcdaniel's campaign, mark? >> well, it is all about the timing, craig. we are less than two weeks away from the primary contest, and this is one that the tea party has been circling as we all know that they had the tea party had a tough time gaiagainst the republican establishment candidates this past tuesday and difficulty in north carolina, and this is an opportunity to take down an incumbent republican senator, and the indications were that chris mcdaniel was on the glide path to give him a run for his money, but this h is going to throw all of that into the uncertainty right now, and the reason being is that it is the issue driving the race now, and this is the story that everybody is focused

on and chris mcdaniel says i have no involvement or knowledge of it, and my campaign had nothing to do with it, but when you look at the four folks, they were all mcdaniel supporters, and it is very tough for the mcdaniel campaign to explain away. >> what is on the way next week? >> two runoffs in texas. one for lieutenant governor, and ralph hall, the 91-year-old congressman is in a runoff there, and watching the races in the lone staffer state, and in the v.a. story, craig, it is not going away, and it has political can ramifications. >> no, it is not. and mark murray, having a great memorial day weekend. >> thank you, you, too. >> and a massive amount of beef recall containing a rare bug is start agent the start of memorial day weekend. it is one of the stories that we are following around the "newsnation," and just wait until you hear how much money government workers owe in back taxes and where they work. it is just one of the things that we thought that you should know. is doing. i rebalanced my portfolio on my phone. is doing.

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back to the breaking news that we brought you at the top of the hour. nbc news has confirmed that donald sterling has given up control of the los angeles cl clippers to his estranged wife shelly. sources tell nbc that shelly sterling has agreed to v voluntarily sell the team, but at this point though there is no word on the time line for that sale. sources telling nbc that there is no truth to the rumor that shelly sterling is suing the nba. against the backdrop of all of that, this -- outspoken businessman and dallas mavericks' owner mark cuban is now apologizing to the the family of trayvon martin about some candid remarks he made about race. those remarks have pasparked widespread criticism.

and so much so that martin apologize nod the fd to the fame is standing by the stubs and the of -- by the substance of the interview. ron allen joins us now. >> it was an interview in the case of sterling and stereo tapes that came up, and cuban said some candid things, but this is the remark that got him into trouble. >> if i see a black kid in a hoodie at night on the other side of the street bouncing -- on the same side of the street, i will walk to the other side of the street. >> and his remark was the same with a white guy. >> if i see a white guy with shaved head and tattoos, i go back to the other side of the stre street. >> reporter: but the comparison to the situation of trayvon martin drew criticism. he was called incentive.

he in hindsight wish he had used different example, and apologized to the family of trayvon m trayvon martin. he tried to put the views into con tex thet in the interview against "inc, magazine." >> you have the realize when you those thoughts they are wrong. >> he is being honest and we are not used to having the proactive approach to the shortcomings. >> he is a fierce competitor and never at a loss for words with the refs or the field. >> well, it is nothing personal. >> well, it is personal, robert. >> well, it is, but i don't care. >> and there is no law against stupid. >> and cuban has not said whether he is going to vote to strip sterling of the ownership of the team the, and in the past, he has called it a sl slippery slope. he says he confronts bigotry in his own companies to give them a chance to improve. >> it is not going to do my company any good if my response

to the racism and the bigotry is to say, it is not right for you to be here and go take your attitude elsewhere. >> and now word with donald sterling giving the control of the team to the his estranged wife shelly sterling, that may give cuban's opinions moot, but he does not keep the opinions to himself. >> never does. all right. ron allen, have a great weekend. just in time for the weekend, a beef recall is expanding that could spell trouble for the cookouts. that is going to top the storer ris of the "newsnation" this friday. and the fda recalled almost 2 million pounds of ground beef after they found e. coli illnesses in six stagts, and the fda says that at least six e retailers in each state could have received the tainted beef including restaurants. it can cause severe food poison

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there's a lot going on here are a few things we thought you should know. president obama set to announce key changes to his cabinet, officially nominate julian castro to be the next housing secretary, that will be vacated by donovan. new data shows federal employees owe $3.3 billion in back taxes, in all more than 300,000 federal workers owed back taxes as of last september. of that figure, 4.9% are house employees, 3.2% work in the senate. visitors on the national

mall yesterday got quite the unexpected surprise. they ran into a president out for a stroll. >> good to see you, ryan. >> i'm so excited. >> give me a hug. >> can i get a picture? >> oh, my gosh, this is like the best day of my life. >> can i get a picture? those are a few things we thought you should know. time for our "news nation" gut check. today's post of "the new york post" raised eyebrows but the text makes it clear, they are calling ought of the new york city department of education after a third great student was sent home with a note telling her, she was quote, overweight. 9-year-old williams is a whopping 4'1", 66 pounds. her school gave students a so-called fitness gram where they are weighed and measured. weighed late last fall. students learned the results with the report sent home to parents, similar to this one.

gwendolyn and her mom were shocked because she was one pound heavier than the index. her mother laura williams is here in the studio. i should know the new york city department of education sent us a comment. this is according to their spokesperson, contrary to today's coverage, fitness gram notices are a longstanding tool that help families stay away of weight and fitness as one point of an overall approach to ensuring their child's health for almost a decade children received the same common sense tips alongside the results of their physical fitness test. this is a program that is both popular and effective. what's your response to that? >> my response to that is clearly my daughter is not overweight as you saw from the pictures. if she's one pound heavier than the index, that doesn't mean she's in an unhealthy range. i think if they send home fitness grams that should be mailed home to parents.

>> they say they seal the things. >> they seal them with a sticker and tell the children not to open them. >> and the kids of course open them. >> and then what happened? >> my daughter opened it up on the bus and wanted to see her weight and height, she was curious. she said the rest of her friends opened them as well. one of her friends started to cry because it said she was obese. >> your daughter again by all appearances, she looks completely healthy, certainly does not look overweight. what has this done to her perception of herself? >> she said mom, school said i'm overweight. of course i told her, you're not overweight but she asked me -- the first thing she said, should i join the gym? >> how old is she again? >> 9. >> she touched her thigh and jiggle d her thigh, is this what they mean? she was analyzing her stomacsel

that's the last thing i want my 9-year-old daughter to worry about. >> in this age we're all rightful rightfully concerned about childhood obesity. it is a legitimate threat for a lot of folks. what's a better way to do it than this? >> would be to mail it home to the parents, mail it home. i feel like if a child is overweight, that's their parent -- it's on their parents shoulders to put them on a diet and watch what they eat and not buy the cookies not the children. >> thank you so much. >> certainly caught our attention. what does your get tell you. do you think schools should provide bmi report cards for students? you can go to newsnation.msnbc.com to vote. take a look at what news nation is saying about yesterday's gut check. we asked should democrats participate in the gop led select committee investigating benghazi, 72% said yes and 28% said no. that's going to do it for this edition of "news nation." up next, "andrea mitchell

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